List of premiers of British Columbia by time in office

This is a list of premiers of the province of British Columbia in order of time served in office as premiers as of April 23, 2024. The preceding premier always stays in office during an election campaign, and that time is included in the total.

Rank	Name	Time in office	Mandates
1	W. A. C. Bennett		7
2	Richard McBride		4
3	Bill Bennett		3
4	Gordon Campbell		3
5	John Oliver		2
6	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo		2
7	John Hart		2
8	George Anthony Walkem	5 years, 331 days	N/A
9	Simon Fraser Tolmie		1
10	Christy Clark (incumbent)		1
11	Bill Vander Zalm		1
12	Boss Johnson		1
13	Mike Harcourt		1
14	William Smithe		N/A
15	Glen Clark		1
16	John Herbert Turner		N/A
17	Dave Barrett		1
18	John Robson		N/A
19	Theodore Davie		N/A
20	James Dunsmuir		N/A
21	Andrew Charles Elliott		N/A
22	Alexander Edmund Batson Davie		N/A
23	Charles Augustus Semlin		N/A
24	Ujjal Dosanjh		0
25	Harlan Carey Brewster		1
26	Amor De Cosmos		N/A
27	John Foster McCreight		N/A
28	John Duncan MacLean		0
29	William John Bowser	days	0
30	Robert Beaven	days	N/A
31	Rita Johnston	days	0
32	Edward Gawler Prior	days	N/A
33	Dan Miller	days	0
34	Joseph Martin	days	N/A

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Before 1903, British Columbia operated without political parties and governments were formed from members of the legislature and therefore no one was elected with a mandate to govern.